Historical Circuit: Doris Day & Rock Hudson Find Something to Talk About In 1959’s...
TITLE OF FILM: Pillow Talk
FILM YEAR: 1959
DIRECTOR: Michael Gordon
WRITER: Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
STARRING: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma...
Historical Circuit: 1978’s ‘Superman’ with Christopher Reeve Flew High So Others Could Follow
TITLE OF FILM: “Superman”
FILM YEAR: 1978
DIRECTOR: Richard Donner
WRITER: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton (Based on the Superman Comic by Jerry Siegel and...
Historical Circuit: Paul Newman is Scorching in 1967’s ‘Cool Hand Luke’
TITLE OF FILM: “Cool Hand Luke”
FILM YEAR: 1967
DIRECTOR: Stuart Rosenberg
WRITER: Donn Pearce, Frank Pierson
STARRING: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Morgan Woodward,...
Historical Circuit: Tom Cruise Shows Us the Kwan in 1996’s ‘Jerry Maguire’
TITLE OF FILM: “Jerry Maguire”
FILM YEAR: 1996
DIRECTOR: Cameron Crowe
WRITER: Cameron Crowe
STARRING: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jay Mohr, Kelly...
TCM Classic Film Festival: Day Three Closes with ‘Hello Dolly’
2019 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: Day Three brings to a close the tenth year of the Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival. It's hard...
TCM Classic Film Festival Review: Day Two Features ‘Raisin in the Sun’ and More
2019 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: Day Two of Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival featured a variety of classic movies at a variety of...
Historical Circuit: 1953’s ‘Stalag 17’ Brings Absurdity to War
FILM: "Stalag 17"
YEAR: 1953
DIRECTOR: Billy Wilder
WRITER: Edwin Blum & Billy Wilder (Based on the Play Written By Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski)
STARRING: William Holden,...
Historical Circuit: The Political Game is Played So Well in 2000’s ‘The Contender’
TITLE OF FILM: “The Contender”
FILM YEAR: 2000
DIRECTOR: Rod Lurie
WRITER: Rod Lurie
STARRING: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Peterson, Philip Baker...
Historical Circuit: 1982’s ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Makes the Most of Richard Gere
TITLE OF FILM: “An Officer and a Gentleman”
FILM YEAR: 1982
DIRECTOR: Taylor Hackford
WRITER: Douglas Day Stewart
STARRING: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert...
Historical Circuit: ‘Beautiful Girls’ (1996) is Still Asking Men to Grow Up
TITLE OF FILM: “Beautiful Girls”
FILM YEAR: 1996
DIRECTOR: Ted Demme
WRITER: Scott Rosenberg
STARRING: Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Noah Emmerich, Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman,...
Historical Circuit: William Wyler’s 1958’s ‘The Big Country’ Brings Heart to the West
TITLE OF FILM: “The Big Country”
FILM YEAR: 1958
DIRECTOR: William Wyler
WRITER: Robert Wyler, Sy Bartlett, James R. Webb
STARRING: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker,...
Historical Circuit: 1987’s ‘Baby Boom’ Starring Diane Keaton is Booming with the Female Plight
TITLE OF FILM: “Baby Boom”
FILM YEAR: 1987
DIRECTOR: Charles Shyer
WRITER: Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer
STARRING: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, Sam Shepard, Pat Hingle, James...
Historical Circuit: Peter Weir Uses Film as His Canvas in 1985’s ‘Witness’
TITLE OF FILM: “Witness”
FILM YEAR: 1985
DIRECTOR: Peter Weir
WRITER: William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace
STARRING: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes,...
Historical Circuit: Emotions Still Roll High in 1991’s ‘The Prince of Tides’ from Director...
TITLE OF FILM: “The Prince of Tides”
FILM YEAR: 1991
DIRECTOR: Barbra Streisand
WRITERS: Pat Conroy & Becky Johnston
STARRING: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé, Jason...
Historical Circuit: There is Plenty of Room for Love in 1943’s ‘The More the...
TITLE OF FILM: “The More the Merrier”
FILM YEAR: 1943
DIRECTOR: George Stevens
WRITER: Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, Robert W. Russell
STARRING: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea,...
Historical Circuit: ‘Mister Roberts’ Still Sails After 64 Years with Henry Fonda and Jack...
TITLE OF FILM: “Mister Roberts”
FILM YEAR: 1955
DIRECTOR: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
WRITER: Frank Nugent & Joshua Logan
STARRING: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, James Cagney
SYNOPSIS:
The USS...
Historical Circuit: There is Still Light In the Oscar-winning ‘In the Heat of the...
TITLE OF FILM: "In the Heat of the Night"
FILM YEAR: 1967
DIRECTOR: Norman Jewison
WRITER: Stirling Siliphant
STARRING: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oats, Lee Grant
SYNOPSIS:
As "In the...
Historical Circuit: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’ is Still Talking to Us 43 Years Later
TITLE OF FILM: "Taxi Driver"
FILM YEAR: 1976
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
WRITER: Paul Schrader
STARRING: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepard, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks
SYNOPSIS:
In...
Historical Circuit: 30-Year-Old ‘Working Girl’ from Mike Nichols Still Resonates
TITLE OF FILM: “Working Girl”
FILM YEAR: 1988
DIRECTOR: Mike Nichols
WRITER: Kevin Wade
STARRING: Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Joan Cusack, Alec Baldwin, Phillip Bosco
SYNOPSIS:
‘Working Girl’ opens...
Historical Circuit: ‘Some Like it Hot’ & Some Like the Past
At its best, film is a cohesive display of the passions of many. It is an art form where the poetry of words, the...
TCM And The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Present: The Black Experience On...
Month-long Programming Event Will Feature 13 Acclaimed Film Journalists and 32 Seminal Films
Airs Every Tuesday and Thursday in September
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWi936cwxJo&feature=youtu.be
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the African American...
Historical Circuit: ‘City Slickers’ Finds Comedy Gold
ACCA 1991: Over 25 years old, it's interesting to look at how the studio comedy has changed. Now we have raunchy comedies and action...
Historical Circuit: Ridley Scott’s ‘Thelma and Louise’ is Still Going After All These Years
There's a moment near the end of "Thelma and Louise" where the infamous duo must make a choice. One says to the other, "Let's...
Historical Circuit: The Enduring Legacy of John Singleton’s Poignant ‘Boyz n the Hood’
ACCA 1991: During the recently concluded awards season, the Hollywood Reporter published an interesting article in honor of the success of "Get Out". In...
Historical Circuit: ‘Bugsy’ Still Holds Its Own 27 Years Later
The Academy Awards honoring movies from the 1991 film-year were the fourth I had sat through as a young movie-lover (save me your old...
Historical Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ Remains a Thought-Provoking and Satirical Masterpiece the Third Time Around
Richard Kelly’s first film, "Donnie Darko" (2001), is among cinema's more impressive debuts. Though the then 26-year-old writer and director’s film was a box...
Historical Review: Bel Powley Carries ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ on Her Shoulders
The autobiographical graphic novel, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” written by Phoebe Gloeckner, was adapted by Marielle Heller, who wrote the screenplay and directed...
TCM Announces Month-Long Slapstick Comedy Programming Special
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will pay tribute to pratfalls and double-takes with Ouch! A Salute To Slapstick, a month-long programming special featuring more than...
Historical Circuit: Top 35 Dance Sequences in Film, Vol. 2
If you read and enjoyed my previous foray into the world of dance in cinema, you'll notice how easy it was determining what constituted a...
Historical Circuit: Pretty Baby (1978) (★★★½)
By 1978 second-wave feminism saw many landmark decisions and events including the first National Women's Conference in a century, court cases involving marital rape,...
Historical Circuit: Smooth Talk (★★★)
In a year where female directed films have been in the spotlight, particularly through the lens of reviewer Marya Gates and her Year With...
Oscar Rematch: ‘Chinatown’ vs. ‘Day for Night’
In this week’s Oscar rematch we’re talking about one of the best film noir’s of all-time going once again with one of the best...
Historical Circuit Halloween: The Hunger (★★)
The vampire as a symbol in horror films has evolved throughout the years, with each decade's take on the fanged menace moving from representing...
Historical Circuit: The World of Henry Orient (★★½)
It's not often a film focusing on teenagers doesn't devolve into two young girls bickering about finding romance. Romance blooms in George Roy Hill's...
Historical Circuit: The Night of the Generals (★★)
Twilight Time could never have predicted the recent passing of Omar Sharif, star of their latest Blu-ray release, The Night of the Generals. Directed...
